It can happen that the power button on your Alcatel Pixi 3 will not function anymore. In fact, it is sometimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you will not know how to turn on your Alcatel Pixi 3 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is actually not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to display you the different techniques. We’ll see first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Alcatel Pixi 3 without the Power button.
Force the Alcatel Pixi 3 boot without a power button
Even in the event that the power button on your Alcatel Pixi 3 will not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you will need to perform the following steps:
- Maintain your main button and volume down
- Keeping the two prior buttons in place, plug in the charger
- The screen should light up with a special menu
- Unplug the charger
- Select the volume down button
< The Alcatel Pixi 3 will start
Once the Alcatel Pixi 3 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Alcatel Pixi 3 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Alcatel Pixi 3 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, but know that it can sometimes work. In case you unmount the Alcatel Pixi 3 and remove the Power button, you must see a small step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Alcatel Pixi 3 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.
Install an application to manage Alcatel Pixi 3 power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your Alcatel Pixi 3 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Alcatel Pixi 3. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Alcatel Pixi 3.
